France coach Marc Lievremont has named his team to face New Zealand’s All Blacks in the crucial Pool A match at Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday.

Lievremont has taken the surprising move of naming scrumhalf Morgan Parra at fly half and Dimitri Yachvili at scrum half.

Parra takes over from Montpellier’s Francois Trinh-Duc who played at No.10 in the opening wins over Japan and Canada.

Parra will form a halfback pairing with Dimitri Yachvili, with whom he had been in competition for the No.9 shirt.

Thierry Dusautoir returns as captain in a back row which also has Louis Picamoles and Julien Bonnaire with Imanol Harinordoquy on the bench.

Damien Traille continues at full-back with Aurelien Rougerie returning to the centre to make way for Maxime Medard on the wing.

Lionel Nallet returns alongside Pascal Pape in the second row.

Both France and New Zealand won their opening two games and the winner on Saturday is virtually assured of topping the group.

France:

1. Jean-Baptiste Poux , 2. Dimitri Szarzewski , 3. Luc Ducalcon , 4. Pascal Pape , 5. Lionel Nallet , 6. Thierry Dusautoir (c) , 7. Julien Bonnaire , 8. Louis Picamoles , 9. Dimitri Yachvili , 10. Morgan Parra , 11. Maxime Medard , 12. Maxime Mermoz , 13. Aurelien Rougerie , 14. Vincent Clerc , 15. Damien Traille

Replacements: 16. William Servat , 17. Fabien Barcella , 18. Julien Pierre , 19. Imanol Harinordoquy , 20. Francois Trinh-Duc , 21. Fabrice Estebanez , 22. Cedric Heymans